Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 36/3): Aptian, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Blattodea indet.
(Latreille 1810)
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Vršanský 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| corrected as Blattaria | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Blattulidae
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Elisama parallela
Vršanský 2003
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Vršanský 2003 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/255, 258, 259 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mesoblattinidae
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Piniblattella altera n. sp.
Vršanský 1997
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Vršanský 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Archimesoblatta altera | ||||||||||
| PIN 3559/269 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Ommatidae
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Brochocoleus cossyphus
Ponomarenko 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIN 3559/1623 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Notocupes elegans n. sp.
Ponomarenko 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIN 3559/1624 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattaria
- Caloblattinidae
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Nuurcala popovi
Vršanský 2003
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Vršanský 2003 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/256, 260 | ||||||||||
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Caloblattina informal sp. 2
Handlirsch 1906
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Vršanský 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/256 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mongolia |
| Coordinates: | 45.5° North, 99.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 99.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bon Tsaagan | Formation: | Dzun-Bain | Member: | Khurilt |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Possibly late Neocomian (Barremian)-early Aptian but typically treated as Aptian by paleoentomologists. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125186 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-03-06 09:36:04 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 13:37:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-06 09:36:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40613. | A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 51890 | P. Vršanský. 1997. Piniblattella gen. nov. - the most ancient genus of the family Blattellidae (Blattodea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia. Entomological Problems 28:67-79 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 50792 | P. Vršanský. 2003. Unique assemblage of Dictyoptera (Insecta - Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Bon Tsagaan Nuur in Mongolia. Entomological Problems 33:119-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |